Media
listshowing allmagazine trays
X Select thedata medium byturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
i Ifyou select avideo DVD,the system
switches tovideo DVDmode
(Y page 186).
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press anumber key,e.g.n, whenthe
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000EV windowisactive.
The medium atthe corr espondin gposition
in the media listisloaded andthen played. Selecting
atrac k
Se lecti ng byskippin gto atrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .
The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan
eight seconds.Ift he track hasbeen playing
for less than eight seconds, itskips tothe
start ofthe previous track. If
you have selected theplay back options
Random Tracks or
Random Folder ,
the
track order israndom.
Selec tingatrac kusing thenumber
keypa d X
Press the¯ button onthe number
keypad.
An umer icalentry fiel dappear s.The
num berofposi tion soff ere dcorresponds to
the number oftrack sonthe CD/DV D.Onl y
num bers tha tcorr espond toatrac k
num beron the CD/DV Dcan beente red.
X Enter thedesired trac knum berus ing the
num berk eys.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumb erkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Selecting atrac kusing music search Select
musicviacategor ies(e.g. album,
artist )with themusic search function.
If you select acategor y,COMAND startsa
search fortrac kinfor mation ifthe following
con ditions arefulfilled:
R the data carriers areinsert edorcon nect ed
R the trac kinfor mation fromthese data
carriers isnot yetcontained inthe
COMAND musicdatabase
COMAND importstrackinfor mation fromthe
following datacarriers:
R disc (audio CD/DVD/MP3)
R memory card
R MUSIC REGISTE R
R USB storage device
The Track informat ioniscomplete message
appearsoncethe search is
complet ed.COMAND storesthe music data
in its own database. Youcannow select the
available musicdatawithin thedesired
categor y. 160
Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 modeAudio
X
Sel ect atrack andpressW toconfi rm.
Pl ay ba ck star ts.
Se lecti ng ayear ofpublicat ion X
Sele ctYea r in
thecat egor ylist
(Y page 165)by tur nin gcVd theCOMA ND
con troller andpres sW tocon firm. X
Sele ctan ent ryand pres sW tocon firm.
The genrelist isdisplayed .
X Sele ctagen re,e.g.pop, and press Wto
conf irm.
The track listisdisplay ed.
X Select atrack andpress Wtoconf irm.
Playba ckstart s.
Selecting acover X
Sele ctSel ect ByCover in
thecat egor y
list (Ypage 165)by turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm.
The available covers are displayed in
alphabet icalorde rofthe artists. X
Select thedesired coverbyturning cVd
the COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
The corresponding albumisplay ed.
Selec tionviakeyword search X
Select Keyword Search in
the category list
(Y page 165)byturning cVdtheCOMAND
cont roller andpress Wtoconfirm.
An input menu appears. X
Ent ercharacters andconfirm theentry.
Instr uctions forentering characters canbe
found inthe "Enterin gcharacters inthe
phone bookandaddress book"section
(Y page 31).
Depending onthe entry, thehits areshown
in alist. Music
search
167Audio Z
If
music filesareavai lable,pla yba ckbegi nsat
the point lastlistened to.
If there arenomusic files,you willsee a
messag eto this effect.
X Confirm themessag eby pressi ngW the
COMAND controller andcopy themusic
files (Ypage 169).
Option 2 X
Select Audio in
the main function barby
slid ing ZV andturning cVdtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
If MUSIC REGISTER wasthelast mode
selected, itis now switched on.
If another audiosource isswitched on,you
can now switch onthe MUSIC REGISTER in
the audiomenu.
X Select Audio by
slid ing ZV andturning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The audiomenu appears.
X Select Music Register and
press Wto
confirm.
Option 3 X
Press ther number key(DVD changer).
The MUSIC REGISTER isswitched on. Importing
musicfiles
Introductio n You
cancopy music filesinthe fileformats
MP3, WMA andAAC (withthe file
extensions .m4p,.m4a,.m4band.aac) from
the follo wing media :
R discs inthe DVD changer
R memory card
R USB storage device
i CDinformation suchasalb um name, disc
name, artistandtrack isprovide dby the
Gracenote MediaDataba se(Ypage 161). X
Switch onaud ioCD mode (Ypage 157).
X With anaud ioCD inserted, selectREC in
the
CD basi cdisplay byslidin gVÆ andturnin g
cVd theCOMA NDcontroller andpress
W tocon firm .
Step 1:selecting tracks toimp ort X
Selec tTrac k(s) by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpress Wto
con firm . :
Torec ord allmusic files(standard )
; Torec ord indiv idual track sO
= Tocon firm your selec tion
If you donot selec tany trac ks,eve rytrac kon
the CDwillbe impo rted .
Ste p2:selectin gth eta rget folder X
Sele ctFol der by
turnin gcVd the
COMA NDcontroller andpres sW to
con firm. MUSIC
REGISTER
169Audio Z
Blu
etoo th®
au diodev iceand then authori zing
it.
You canauthori zeup tofifte enBlu etoo th®
dev ices.
i Ifyo uau thori zeamob ile pho nethat
su ppo rtsBluetoo th®
au dio, the A2DP and
AVRC PBlu etoo th®
au dio pro files are
connected automa tically. The mob ile
pho neisthen entere din both the
Blu etoo th®
tele pho nelist (Y page 116) and
in the Bluetoo th®
dev icelist (Y page 173).
Merce des-Benz recom mendsau thori zinga
mob ile pho neinBlu etoo th®
tele pho ny
(Y page 116).
Se archi ngfor and authori zinga
Blue tooth®
audio device X
Swi tch onBlu etoo th®
au dio mod e
(Y page 175).
If yo usee theNoBlue toothAudi o Devi
ceAuth orized mess
age, youwi ll
need toconnect theBluetoo th®
au dio
dev icefirst.
X Sele ctBT Audi
o by
sliding VÆ andturni ng
cVd theCOMAND controllerand press
W toconfir m.
X Co nfirm BluetoothAudi oDevi ceList by
pre ssing W the COMAND controller.
X To search: confirmUpda te by
pre ssing
W the COMAND controller.
CO MAND searches forBluetoo th®
au dio
dev iceswi thin rang eand adds them tothe
Blu etoo th®
dev icelist. Blu etoo th®
au dio
dev icesare dete cted ifthey suppo rtthe
Blu etoo th®
au dio pro files (A2DP, AVRCP).
The durati onofthe search depends onthe
numb erofBlu etoo th®
au diodev iceswi thin
rang eand theircharacteristics. Example:
Bluetooth®
device list
: Newly detectedmobile phonewith
Bluetooth ®
audi ofunct ioninrange
; Bluetooth ®
audi oplay ernot within range
but previously authorized (iconappea rsin
gray)
The Bluetooth ®
device listdispla ysall
authorized devices,whether theyarewithin
range ornot. Afteradevice search, devices
which arewithin rangebutnot authorized are
also displa yed.
i With some Bluetooth ®
audi odevices,
play back must beinitially started onthe
device itself,sothat COMAND canplay the
audi odata.
X To auth orize: select anunauthorized
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice fromthelist
(example: :)byturning cVdthe
COMAND controller.
X Select thesymbol tothe right ofthe
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice bysliding VYthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm .
X Select Authorize and
press Wtoconfirm .
Depending onthe Bluetooth ®
audi odevice
used, younow have twooptions for
cont inuing withauthorization.
X Option 1:enter thepasskey. Todo so,
proceed asdescribed inthe "Authorizing
(registering) amobile phone" section
(Y page 117).
Aft ersuccessful authorization, the
Bluetooth ®
audi odevice isconn ected and
starts playing. Bluetooth
®
aud iomode 173Audio Z
The
curren tplayback option (Ypage 163)is
shown withasymbol behindalbum name
E (no display forNorm al Trac
k Sequ
ence ).
i Ifthe devic econ nected does notcontain
any playable track s,amess ageappears to
this effect . Selecting
music files
Not e COMA
NDdisplays thedata stored onthe
iPod ®
or MP3 player accordin gtothe filing
struct ureused inthe respect ivemedium.
Selecting byskipping toatrac k X
To ski pfo rwa rdsorbac kto atrac k:tur n
cVd theCOMAND controllerwh en the
di sp lay/ selectio nwindow isact ive.
or
X Press theE orF button.
The skip forward function skipsto the next
tr ack .The skip back function skipsto the
begin ningof the curr enttrack ifthe track
has been playing formor ethan eight
seco nds.Ift he track hasbeen playingfor
less than eight seconds, itskips tothe start
of the previous track.Ify ou have selected
a playb ackoption otherthanNormal Track
Sequence ,
the track sequence is
random.
Selecting usingthenumber keypad X
To mak eane ntr y:press thel button .
An input menu appears. Thenumber of
charact ersavailable forinput depends on
the number ofstor edtrac ks.
X To enter atr ack number :press anumber
key, e.g.q.
The digit isent ered inthe first position in
the input line.
i COMAND willignore andnotdisplay an
invalid digit. X
En ter more numbers ifdesired.
The trackplays afterthe last possible
numb erisent ered.
i Press ingand holdin ganumb erkey for
mor ethan twoseco ndscom plete sthe
ent ry,and thecorrespo ndingtrack is
played.
Fast forwar ding/r ewinding X
While thedisplay/s electionwindow is
act ive, slide XVY andhold theCOMA ND
con troller untilthe desire dposition has
been reached.
or
X Press andhold theF orE button
until thedesired position isreached.
i OnaniPod ®
/iPhone ®
,fast rewind only
funct ionswithin thecurrent track. Selecting
acatego ry/play list/fo lder
Ove rview iPo
d®
and certain MP3playe rs
For aniPo d®
or MP3 player,you can select
tracks using catego riesorfold ers.
Depend ingonthe devi ceconnected, the
foll owi ngcatego riesmay beava ilable ,for
examp le:
R Curre ntTrack list R
Playl ists (e.g.
All )
R Artis ts R
Album s R
Track s R
Podca sts R
Genre s R
Compo sers R
Audio books i
Some playback catego riescontain the
entry All .I
ft his entr yhas been selected,
the entire contentofthe category selected
will beplay ed. 180
Media
Interface modeAudio
Callin
gup acatego rylist X
Sele ctSearc h in
the basicdis pla yby
sli ding VÆandturning cVdtheCOM AND
controll erand pres sW toconfirm.
The catego rylista ppears.
i The Search menu
itemisnot available
until thedevice hasbeen activated. Ex
ample: categorylist
X Select Curren tTrackl ist by
turn ing
cVd theCOMAND controller and press
W tocon firm.
The contentof the curren ttrac klist
appears. Ex
ample: currenttrac klist
: Symbol fornex tfolder up
; Devic eicon anddevice name
= Track symbol
? Current title
X Select thetrac kby turn ingcVd the
COMAND controller and press Wto
con firm.
The trackisplay ed. X
To switch tothe next folder up:slide
XV theCOMAND controller orpress the
% button.
Playing backthecontent ofacategory
or folder X
Select thecategory orfolder byturning
cVd theCOMAND controller.
X Press Wthe COMAND controller forlonger
than twoseconds.
The cont entofthe category orfolder
selected isplay edinaccordance withthe
play back option (Ypage 163)selected.
Alphabetical track sele ction iPod
®
and MP3 players
This function isavail able foralpha betically
sorted categories andfolders. Thisfunction
is not avail able foralbu msorplay lists, for
example.
X Select acategory, e.g.Artists ,
by turning
cVd theCOMAND controller andpress
W toconfirm.
The avail able artists aredispla yed.
X Press thecorresponding numberkeyonce
or several timestoselect thefirst letter of
the artist's name(e.g.foranartist
beginning withtheletter "C",press number
key l three times).
The avail able letters arelisted atthe lower
edge ofthe displa y.
Aft eramessage, thefirst entry inthe list
which matches theletter entered is
highlig hted.
i Ifno corresponding entryexists, thelast
entry corresponding toap reviou sletter is
high lighted instead .
i For iPod s®
and MP3 players ,the quality
of the search resultsishigh lydepe ndent on
the versio nand langu ageva ria nt ofthe
sof twa re(e.g. iTune s®
ver sion) used to
po pulate the devic e. Me
dia Interfac emode
181Au dio Z
X
Sel ect astate ,e.g. Florida ,
and confi rm
by pre ssing W. X
Sel ect acate gory,e.g. DaytonaBea ch ,
and pressW toconfi rm.
The informa tion chartsho wsthe weath er
fore castfor the selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station.
Option 2:selec tingthearea inthe
weather map X
Call upthe weather map(Ypage 200).
X Move theweather mapsothat the
crosshair isover thedesired area
(Y page 200).
X Press Wthe COMAND controller.
The inform ationchart shows theweather
forecast forthe selected area.Thedata is
supplied bythe nearest weather station. Memory
functions
Storing thearea inthe weather memory For
areas thatarefrequently calledup,10
presets (0,1–9 )are available inthe weather
memor y.
X In thep res etmemo ry:select the area for
the weath erfor eca st(Y page 197) .
Th ese lected area issho wnatthe top inthe
sta tus bar.
X Sel ect Position in
the inform ation cha rt
by turning cVd theCOMAND controller
and pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Memory and
pressW toconfi rm.
X Sel ect the presetb ytur ning cVd orslid ing
ZVÆ theCOMA NDcontro ller .
X Pre ssand holdW theCOMA NDcontro ller
unt ilth eare ais en tered inthesele cted
pre set.
X To stor era pidl y: inthedaily forec ast
(Y page 197)pre ssand holdanum berkey,
e. g. l, untilth epre set position num ber
is sho wninthest at us bar infron tof the
are anam e.
i You canalso usethis fun ction inthefiv e-
day forec ast (Y page 197), and inthe
det ailed info rm ation view(Y page 197).
Select inganarea from theweat her
me mo ry X
Fro mtheweat hermemo ry:in the
in fo rm ation chart ,sele ctPos ition by
tur ning cVd theCOMA NDcontro ller and
pre ssW toconfirm .
X Se lec tMem ory and
pressW toconfirm .
X Se lec ta pre set that contain san entry by
tur ning cVd orslid ingZVÆ theCOMA ND
co ntro ller and pressW toconfirm .
The weat herdataof thesele cted are ais
sho wn.
X Ra pids election :if th ere isan ent ry
available intheweath ermem ory,e.g.when SIRIUS
Weather
199Weatherservice s
A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don /o ff(fo rcorded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atatime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sin the rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg eth est art er
bat tery.
X Poin tth erem oteco ntrol attherear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctamen u/m enuitemusin gth e
=;9 :buttonson the
rem otecon trol and pres sth e9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDslot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jackfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan befound onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
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